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A Tale of Two Roma's

Dc experiment above updated with a 1 point drop pic.

In other news one of my aquasky 2 lights is playing up, so tomorrow off to buy a plant 3 (lidded roma tank, lightning options are restricted).
Bonus result... cheapest place I can source one is non other than Pier aquatics, I've promised the wife I won't buy any fish 😉
 
Hi all,
........ Bonus result... cheapest place I can source one is non other than Pier aquatics, I've promised the wife I won't buy any fish 😉
So you won't want to look at their Facebook page before you go then?🙃

Best case might be they don't have in stock when you get there, and you have to pay a repeat visit? or possibly Premier Aquatics or Aqualife Leyland might have one?

Cheers Darrel
 
Marvelous trip to Pier today, new light purchased and got talked into buying some fish by the Daughter 😏

They seem to be settling in.

Aspidoras rochai?
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Juvenile Dicrossus filamentosus.
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Nice, think the aspidoras are from the same region as your parotocinclus.

Looks like you have a pair of dicrossus. A mature male dicrossus filamentosus has to be one of the best looking freshwater tropical fish around.
 
Nice, think the aspidoras are from the same region as your parotocinclus.

Your thoughts are correct, Rochai, if its a true Rochai is from the state of Ceará. Parotocinclus generally come from Piaui. River that bridges the devide... Canindé.

Edit: the above is purely a theory, 😆

Looks like you have a pair of dicrossus. A mature male dicrossus filamentosus has to be one of the best looking freshwater tropical fish around.

Welcome the wisdom here, new additions for me so any pointers greatly appreciated 🙏
 
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Happy Easter peeps, the Lord has risen 🙏.

Photo dump.
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And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

Keep the co2 in check guys, and reach for the 🌟
 
Been a bit worried of late due to the fact I hadn't seen the female laetacara for a few days so decided to scope out the tank, after about 30 mins of trying to peer through the mases of over grown plants I noticed something move in the undergrowth, that something was the most beautifully coloured fish I've ever seen, a mixture of blues, blacks, pinks and purple.
I only managed a fleeting glance, as the female broke cover to chase off a corydoras that had wandered into her nursery.

Having located her rough location I spent another period of time looking through various gaps in the dense java fern, and finally managed to spot a mass of free swimming rigglers.

Seem the araguia have been busy.

Sadly she was far to quick for a picture 😆
 
Thought I'd do a quick update on the Araguaia.

The parents nurtured the fry for about 4 days before the inevitable happened. I say the inevitable as my tank is a community tank and isn't really an ideal arena for fish to breed in. I was hoping the dense vegetation would offer some refuge towards the youngsters, but it wasn't to be. I'm quite philosophical about the circle of life in my aquariums, sadly somethings aren't meant to be.

My first inclination that things had gone sour was when the female finally broke cover and I realised her colour had faded, she looked well, but didn't have that "motherly glow"
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The male, who had also been sharing in with the parental duties was also more active and prowling the tank again.
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When I originally stalked out the nursery I mentioned I'd seen the female chase off an unsuspecting fish that had infringed on her nursery, that fish was a small male corydoras. Here he is pictured the day before the run in with the araguia.
I'll draw your attention to his tail.
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About 2hrs after feeling the wrath of the female araguia. 11th April.
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And photo of tail taken today.
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So within a week the tail fin is regenerating.

Mother nature's ways can sometimes be difficult to accept, but sometimes her ways can amaze.

Cheers.
 
Unfortunately corydoras are pretty stupid and don’t understand territorial behaviour, they’ll often keep going back to the same spot to get attacked again and again. Luckily it was only fin damage, that’ll be back to normal in no time with clean water and good food.
 
My Lords, ladies and gentlemen, Allow me to introduce the one and only Mr creosote.



Lol, here's mine.
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Was suspecting a blocked gut tract or god forbidding intestinal worms, two days without food seems to have calmed the storm.

Fts.
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Both tanks running previously mentioned ferts regime for last 3 weeks, so far so good. Frogbit seems happy enough, but room for improvement.
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For anybody who's considering randomly dropping the levels of Co2 for "experimental" reasons... don't, it will lead to this...
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Thankfully the tops are healthy ish, so we can trim and re plant.
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For those with a good memory you'll remember I had some sorry looking Ammannia pedicellata, well the 3 stems I still have are still alive, covered in bba, but... alive.
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On to more mundane issues. Water changes. What's in the tap today? I was pleasantly suprised with today's low reading.
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Dicrossus filamentosus starting to get some colour.
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And final pics that's on the phone.
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Have a good week peeps 😊
 
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Your straight tap EC is 75 us/cm ? wow. magical water I'd say. Not sure what you did to deserve that :lol:

How much does it vary seasonally / over time? I wonder how your water report looks like.

Great update as always! :)

Cheers,
Michael
 
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Was suspecting a blocked gut tract or god forbidding intestinal worms, two days without food seems to have calmed the storm.
Female corydoras can get massive when they’re gravid too so don’t rule that out. I have a few females which are very round.
On to more mundane issues. Water changes. What's in the tap today? I was pleasantly suprised with today's low reading.
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show off!!! What I’d give to have that water, would make life so much easier.
 
How much does it vary seasonally / over time? I wonder how your water report looks like.
The 75 us/cm reading is the lowest one I've ever had, it usually stays fairly stable throughout the year between 90 ~ 120 us/cm, this would be consistent with the water companies readings of 68.3 min, 100 average and 200 max us/cm.

Other notable average readings from current report:
Alkalinity as CaCO3 14.8 mg/l
Calcium 7.25 mg/l
Magnesium 1.2 mg/l
Nitrate <1.83 mg/l

I posted a thread sometime ago regards the water report.



Female corydoras can get massive when they’re gravid too so don’t rule that out. I have a few females which are very round.
That would indeed be a relief if that's the case. I did a fairly big water change yesterday with slightly cooler water, so maybe this will encourage her to spawn.
 
Not much to update but its been 4 weeks so thought I'd better post a couple of fts.

Blyxa needs trimming again 😫
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Vallisneria still loving the soft water.
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Only a few critter pics on this update.

Amano stealing the plecos algae wafer.
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Pleco content with courgette.
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Tangerine tiger makes rare appearance wondering if there's any wafers to be had.
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Hope everybody is enjoying the lovely weather we've been having these last few days.
 
For now I'll just post a few pics entitled "Holidays, Hot weather and Hospital visits."
I know you had a lot more urgent and profound matters to attend to than aquarium upkeep! 🙏 I am dealing with a lot of that myself to be honest.

When things hopefully settles down, your always awesome tanks will be back in full glory! a good trim, a few WCs - back to the regular scheduled maintenance so to speak. Mature and inherently healthy tanks are pretty resilient as we know.

All the best!

Cheers,
Michael
 
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